Mr.Arrow

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon

lunchxbles

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon

Ss4gogeta0

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon Here is some screens showcasing the update:

lunchxbles

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon
Here is some screens showcasing the update:

Spoiler

why not just port to IV until proper model editing comes?

Because all the models that I make in V are already in the correct format for when ymap/ ytyp editing comes. I don't know if there will be a simple batch converter, FiveM's is good but there is some issues that using zmodeler fixes, such as broken bounds, incorrect shaders, and renaming the inner model dummy to "lovely" which doesn't make it easy to fix multiple models at one time because you have to rename them all. If I continue to use V has a base then all my models will be converted properly ready to be placed.

DamnedDev

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon
Here is some screens showcasing the update:

Spoiler

why not just port to IV until proper model editing comes?

Because all the models that I make in V are already in the correct format for when ymap/ ytyp editing comes. I don't know if there will be a simple batch converter, FiveM's is good but there is some issues that using zmodeler fixes, such as broken bounds, incorrect shaders, and renaming the inner model dummy to "lovely" which doesn't make it easy to fix multiple models at one time because you have to rename them all. If I continue to use V has a base then all my models will be converted properly ready to be placed.

Ss4gogeta0

I have started to work on this mod again using Zmodeler3 and multifive, not the most ideal method but its all we have for now. Although I am limited to the amount of HD models in the game due to no LODS, I can still fix a lot of bugs and improve the mod overall. The next update is mainly focused on Night Life for Vice City, with custom neons and lights made by me, along with some other changes and fixes. Glad to be back on this project Expect an update soon Here is some screens showcasing the update:

Spoiler

why not just port to IV until proper model editing comes?

Because all the models that I make in V are already in the correct format for when ymap/ ytyp editing comes. I don't know if there will be a simple batch converter, FiveM's is good but there is some issues that using zmodeler fixes, such as broken bounds, incorrect shaders, and renaming the inner model dummy to "lovely" which doesn't make it easy to fix multiple models at one time because you have to rename them all. If I continue to use V has a base then all my models will be converted properly ready to be placed.

but they also will technically be sitting on a shelf waiting god knows how long. besides, even if you do release it on V, you will still be releasing to a fairly limited market compared if you were to also release on IV. as there are many many people who cant simply afford V or a computer that can run it. Wouldnt you want to expand outwards more in order to gain more support? or is V just going to be your magnum opus? plus due to V still being updated, you will have to deal with pockets of time where the mod will lose compatibility due to an update or that R* could change the file encryption to be even stronger on Take2's behalf which will cause your mod to cease functioning completely...

Its always good to have a backup plan you can fall back on. IV being that plan. better to be safe than sorry.

lunchxbles

but they also will technically be sitting on a shelf waiting god knows how long. besides, even if you do release it on V, you will still be releasing to a fairly limited market compared if you were to also release on IV. as there are many many people who cant simply afford V or a computer that can run it. Wouldnt you want to expand outwards more in order to gain more support? or is V just going to be your magnum opus? plus due to V still being updated, you will have to deal with pockets of time where the mod will lose compatibility due to an update or that R* could change the file encryption to be even stronger on Take2's behalf which will cause your mod to cease functioning completely...

Its always good to have a backup plan you can fall back on. IV being that plan. better to be safe than sorry.

My backup plan is always going to be IV. It's not complicated to convert models to IV, and the IDE/WPL is already in IV since it needs to be converted from there. I'd rather stick to the newest and best engine. I don't have plans to convert this to IV at the moment, maybe something will change later but for right now I'm sticking to V.

wouldn't there be a way to maybe merge some objects so you can have more space?

for example merge ocean view exterior with interior and stuff like that

It's not about the model count, you can raise that with gameconfig.xml. Its about the poly/texture file count. Combining models would make no difference.

lunchxbles

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to announce the return of this mod to GTAV. I have restarted fresh now that we have proper tools available. I have spent the past couple weeks working on getting this mod going again. I wanted to show you all some screenshots of the work I have put in. I am almost finished with the entire beachside island, just one area left. I hope you all are as excited as I am to see this mod come back! Take a look at some of the screenshots below ! Also expect a trailer coming soon!

mould122

Are you planning to release this mod as an upgrade to gtarandom´s Vice V or what? Sorry, I´m not clear with this situation. If not, are you still doing this with FiveM that would replace the whole SA map? Anyway, I´m excited about the upcoming trailer

lunchxbles

Are you planning to release this mod as an upgrade to gtarandom´s Vice V or what? Sorry, I´m not clear with this situation. If not, are you still doing this with FiveM that would replace the whole SA map? Anyway, I´m excited about the upcoming trailer

nope, this mod has no affilation with ViceV. This is going to be a replacement for Los Santos, not running FiveM, but directly in GTAV, perhaps running as a DLC. Perhaps in the future I will look into moving vice city to an area away from Los Santos so they can spawn together but for now i'm keeping the 80's and 2017 seperate

nkjellman

Are you planning to release this mod as an upgrade to gtarandom´s Vice V or what? Sorry, I´m not clear with this situation. If not, are you still doing this with FiveM that would replace the whole SA map? Anyway, I´m excited about the upcoming trailer

nope, this mod has no affilation with ViceV. This is going to be a replacement for Los Santos, not running FiveM, but directly in GTAV, perhaps running as a DLC. Perhaps in the future I will look into moving vice city to an area away from Los Santos so they can spawn together but for now i'm keeping the 80's and 2017 seperate

Hopefully you'll add it like ViceV. I'd like to have an HD VC as a placrholder for VC when I add LC to the map.